[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8205]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY STATEMENT

  Pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives, the following statements are submitted regarding the 
specific powers granted to Congress in the Constitution to enact the 
accompanying bill or joint resolution.

            By Mr. BARLETTA:
       H.R. 2581.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1--The Congress shall have 
     power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, 
     to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and 
     general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts 
     and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.
            By Mrs. LOVE:
       H.R. 2582.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV Section 3 of the United States Constitution
            By Mr. SCOTT of Virginia:
       H.R. 2583.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause I of the United States 
     Constitution
            By Mr. HURD:
       H.R. 2584.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, ``To make all Laws which 
     shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the 
     foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Officer thereof''
            By Mr. CAPUANO:
       H.R. 2585.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. CARBAJAL:
       H.R. 2586.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section VIII
            By Mr. DELANEY:
       H.R. 2587.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
            By Ms. GABBARD:
       H.R. 2588.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1;
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18
            By Mr. KINZINGER:
       H.R. 2589.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution.
            By Ms. LEE:
       H.R. 2590.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       ``The Congress shall have power. . . To regulate commerce 
     with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with 
     the Indian tribes; . . . To make all laws which shall be 
     necessary and proper for carrying into execution the 
     foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this 
     Constitution in the government of the United States, or in 
     any department or officer thereof.''
            By Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia:
       H.R. 2591.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Ms. VELAZQUEZ:
       H.R. 2592.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
       The Congress shall have Power * * * To regulate Commerce 
     with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with 
     the Indian Tribes.

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